Kilauea’s ongoing eruption within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continued Tuesday morning with vigorous lava fountains reaching heights of up to 160 feet from the north vent and 115 feet from the south vent,

Braving the heat of Kīlauea’s ongoing eruption, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists landed on the floor of Halema‘uma‘u crater on Tuesday, 4, to collect fresh lava samples. During the helicopter overflight,

Lava fountains surged as the Kilauea volcano erupted in Hawaii. Dramatic footage shows lava and molten rocks bursting through a narrow notch in the cone wall within the crater, 164 ft (50 m) into the air on February 4.